interlocutor

[ in-ter-lok-yuh-ter ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈlɒk yə tər /

a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.

the man in the middle of the line of performers in a minstrel troupe, who acts as the announcer and banters with the end men.

a person who questions; interrogator.

Origin of interlocutor

1505–15; < Latin interlocū-, variant stem of interloquī to speak between ( inter- inter- + loquī to speak) + -tor

So Eugene already had a leg up—an interlocutor could explain away any failed communication.

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Or Andrew could be the novelist, the interlocutor the reader (and uncertain reviewer).

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They might also be unwilling to work with the interlocutor picked by the government to lead the talks.

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It is what we say that really counts, and ATFP expresses the same message, no matter the language, medium or interlocutor.

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Who knows if my interlocutor spoke for the Saudi government.

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Miss Roden paused in the action of pouring out tea, and looked across at her interlocutor.

Roden's Corner |Henry Seton Merriman
“I heard enough, and too much,” replied Fatello, with a savage scowl at his interlocutor.

Tales from Blackwood |Various
Whenever he talks emphatically, he would turn toward his interlocutor.

Browning and the Dramatic Monologue |S. S. Curry
What a gipsy most dislikes is the feeling that his “gorgio” interlocutor is thinking about him; for, alas!

Old Familiar Faces |Theodore Watts-Dunton
Though convicted nearly to the extent of the interlocutor, he again escaped with transportation.

A History of the Gipsies |Walter Simson

interlocutor

/ (ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə) /

a person who takes part in a conversation

Also called: middleman the man in the centre of a troupe of minstrels who engages the others in talk or acts as announcer

Scots law a decree by a judge

interlocutress, interlocutrice or interlocutrix, fem n